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2006 Press Releases

Congressman Brady: Americans Live in Freedom Because of the Sacrifices of our Veterans
11/9/2006: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today released the following statement in commemoration of Veterans Day, which is being observed on Saturday,
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Brady Statement on Hussein Guilty Verdict
11/5/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) released the following statement in response to today's verdict by an Iraqi tribunal that found More...

BI-PARTISAN TEAMWORK HELPS SAVEFIREFIGHTERS, POLICE PENSIONS
11/3/2006: Houston, TX -U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) and Congressman Gene Green (D-Houston) joined Jimmie Gill, chairman of the Houston Firefighters' Relief and Retirement Fund this More...

Brady Personally Calls White House and FEMA to Urge Federal Disaster Declaration for Regional Flooding in East and Southeast Texas
11/3/2006: Washington, D.C. -Washington, D.C. –  U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) urged the White House in phone calls to top Administration officials to More...

Brady in Support of Federal Disaster Declaration for 10 Southeast Texas Counties
11/1/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) is pleased to support Texas Governor Rick Perry’s request that President George W. Bush declare More...

Congressman Brady Issues Statement Urging Swift Approval of the DR-CAFTA in the Dominican Republic
10/27/2006: Washington, D.C. - As a member of both the Ways and Means Committee and Trade Subcommittee, U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) has spearheaded More...

MOBILE OFFICE DISTRICT TOUR, OCTOBER 23-26, 2006
10/6/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady's district mobile office will travel throughout the Eighth District the week of October 23.  Below are a More...

Woodville Volunteer Fire Department Awarded Federal Grant
10/5/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that the Woodville Volunteer Fire Department has been awarded a $123, 918 federal More...

U.S. CONGRESSMAN KEVIN BRADY REJECTS CALL FOR SPEAKER HASTERT TO RESIGN OR TO ABOLISH PAGE PROGRAM:
10/3/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) issued the following statement in response to calls for Speaker Dennis Hastert to resign or More...

House Passes Bill to Rename Woodville Post Office to Honor War Hero Chuck Fortenberry
9/29/2006: Washington, D.C. - A bill authored by U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) to name the Woodville Post Office in honor of Iraq War More...

House Passes Department of Homeland Security Bill
9/28/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) voted to pass the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Report that contained key reforms More...

House Passes Bill To Keep Tabs on Terrorist Communications
9/28/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R- The Woodlands) voted today in favor of a the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act of 2006, a More...

Congressman Brady’s Statement Regarding the 2006 National Intelligence Estimate on Global Terrorism
9/27/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) issued the following statement in response to various news reports concerning the partially leaked and More...

Congressman Brady Seeks Applicants for Military Service Academies
9/27/2006: Washington, D.C. - Every year, a select number of high school seniors are offered appointments to one of the five military service academies in More...

Brady Secures $1 Million in Funding for Sam Houston State University
9/27/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today secured $1 million for Sam Houston State University (SHSU) Intelligent Systems Consortium with the More...

Brady Votes to Preserve Parental Notification
9/27/2006: Washington, D.C. - Legislation passed today by the U.S. House of Representatives would make it a federal crime subject to a $100,000 fine, or More...

Port of Orange Awarded $696,500 Grant for Security Facility
9/26/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that the Port of Orange has been awarded a $696,500 grant from the More...

Brady Sets the Facts Straight on the So Called “Medicare Donut Hole”
9/22/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) a member of the House Ways and Means Committee that developed the Medicare Prescription Drug More...

Local Students Visit Washington, D.C. with Leadership Conference
9/21/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady’s office today welcomed three students from the Eighth District to Washington, D.C. as part of the National More...

Brady Votes to Pass Three Key Border Security Bills
9/21/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) this week voted for three major pieces of legislation that will help increase border security More...

Brady Statement on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s UN Tirade
9/21/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) issued the following statement in response to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s address to the United More...

House Takes First Step to Shine Light on “Earmarks” Column From Congressman Brady
9/15/2006: Washington, D.C. - It’s your money.  You have a right to know who in Washington is spending your tax dollars, what they are spending More...

Brady Votes to Build Fence Along U.S. – Mexico Border
9/14/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) voted to pass a bill that would erect a 700 mile two-layered reinforced fence along More...

DoD Announces Official Close Date for Orange Navy Reserve Center
9/13/2006: Washington, D.C. - The Department of Defense has informed U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) that the official closure of the Orange Navy Reserve More...

FEMA Finally Says Same Storm, Same Treatment
8/18/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announces another victory in hurricane relief for East and Southeast Texas.  Today, Federal Emergency More...

HUD Announces Texas’ Share of Final CDBG Funds for Hurricane Recovery
8/18/2006: Washington, D.C. - {U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) joined Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson and Texas' two U.S. senators in More...

Brady Announces Eighth District Mobile Office Schedule
8/11/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady’s (R-The Woodlands) Eighth District Mobile Office will be making its next round of visits to local communities More...

Brady Testifies on Behalf of Texas at HUD Hearing for CDBG Funds
7/25/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today joined state hurricane recovery spokesman Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams and Senator John Cornyn More...

Brady's Sunset Legislation Adopted by House Government Reform Committee
7/20/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX) - a long time advocate for cutting wasteful government spending and reducing the size of big More...

GOOD NEWS! VA Secretary Nicholson Gives Go Ahead to Conroe Veterans Clinic
6/23/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) who has fought for the past two years for funding to build a local veterans’ More...

Statement by Congressman Kevin Brady on H.Res. 861
6/15/2006: Washington, D.C. - Delivered on the House floor during debate, June 15, 2006   “On behalf of the families of East Texas, especially those More...

Texas Vietnam Veterans Honor Brady as Legislator-of-the-Year
6/14/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) was honored in Galveston this past weekend as Legislator-of-the-Year by the Texas State Council of the More...

Brady Secures Funding to Help Upgrade Port of Orange Rail Line
6/14/2006: Washington, D.C. -  U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-8th District) announced today he had secured $500,000 in federal funding to help rehabilitate the freight More...

FINALLY! House Passes Hurricane Relief
6/13/2006: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a $94.5 billion emergency bill to fund the war and provide hurricane relief to More...

Southeast Texas Included in Last Hurricane Funding Bill
6/9/2006: Washington, D.C. - In a major victory for Southeast and East Texas, U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R- The Woodlands) announced today that the Hurricane More...

House Approves Funding for Conroe Veterans Clinic
5/19/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) who has fought for the past two years for funding to build a local veterans’ More...

Brady Votes to Pass Forest Recovery Bill in House
5/17/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) whose district is home to many thousands of acres of pristine national forests and the More...

8th Congressional District of Texas2007 Appropriations Project Requests
5/16/2006: Washington, D.C. - {HURRICANE RITA RECOVERY ASSISTANCE - $2.46 million Tyler County Hospital - $360,929 Reimbursement for the billable losses sustained as a result More...

Brady Announces Eighth District Mobile Office Schedule
5/15/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady’s (R-The Woodlands) Eighth District Mobile Office will be making its next round of visits to local communities More...

Brady Responds to Democrats' Calls to Postpone the Medicare Drug Enrollment Deadline
5/10/2006: Washington, D.C. - In response to Congressional Democrats' calls today to extend the Medicare Prescription Drug deadline, U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands), a More...

House Passes Veterans Bills
5/9/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today supported two separate measures aimed at helping and honoring America’s fighting men and women.  More...

Brady Reminds Seniors that Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Sign-ups End May 15
5/8/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today encouraged seniors to review the options available to them under the Medicare Prescription Drug More...

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and City of Conroe Police Department Awarded Separate DOJ Grants
4/26/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady today announced that the Department of Justice has awarded the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department and the City More...

White House Cabinet Secretary Jackson Tours Southeast and East Texas
4/13/2006: Washington, D.C. - White House Cabinet Secretary Alphonso Jackson met with local leaders from throughout East Texas at a regional roundtable in Jasper, Texas More...

Brady Launches 8thDistrict Mobile Office
4/3/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady today announced the schedule for a mobile office inaugural tour of Texas' Eighth District. It will take More...

Brady Clears Hurdle with White House on Hurricane Education Funding for Texas
3/30/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) received a personal assurance from President Bush during a private White House meeting in recent More...

Hardin County Approved for $3.25 Million FEMA Grant
3/23/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has More...

Brady Takes Fight for Texas Hurricane Funding to House Floor
3/16/2006: Washington, D.C. - In what can only be described as an Alamo like effort, U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) went to the House More...

Rep. Brady Receives 2006 Congressional Partnership Award for Community and Economic Development Support
3/15/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) was presented today with the National Association of Development Organizations 2006 Congressional Partnership Award for More...

Tyler County Slated to Receive $5.7 Million FEMA Grant
3/10/2006: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brady announced the approval of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) public assistance grant totaling More...

Brady Votes to Send PATRIOT Act to President’s Desk
3/7/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today voted to send the PATRIOT Act to the President’s desk after the measure was More...

Brady: Department of Education’s First Payment to Texas Schools Too Low
3/2/2006: Washington, D.C. -The U.S. Department of Education announced this afternoon its first quarter payment of $750 per student to reimburse schools for the More...

Brady Leads Texas Delegation in Support of Texas Hurricane Recovery Request
3/1/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) led the Texas House delegation in submitting a letter to House Appropriations Chairman Jerry Lewis More...

Brady Spearheads Bi-Partisan Texas Congressional Meeting with HUD Secretary Jackson
3/1/2006: Washington, D.C. - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson met with U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands), Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), and More...

Brady Meets with Texas Education Leaders
2/15/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) today met with Texas Education Agency Commissioner Shirley Neeley and Higher Education Coordinating Board Commissioner More...

Congressman Brady Hires New Field Representative
2/15/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) recently added Colby Tiner to his Congressional staff as the new Field Representative for Walker, More...

Texas Secures $88 Million in Social Services Block Grants for Hurricane Recovery
2/8/2006: Washington, D.C. - Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt testified today before the House Ways and Means Committee and announced that Texas will More...

Brady: HUD Turning Their Back on Texas Hurricane Victims
1/25/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) charged the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with treating Texas hurricane victims like second-class citizens.  More...

IRS Issues Booklet to Help Hurricane Victims Take Advantage of New Hurricane Tax Relief Laws
1/25/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands), author of the provisions in the recently enacted Gulf Opportunity Zone Act that ensure Hurricane More...

Brady Tours Orange Temple Inland Paper Mill
1/13/2006: Orange, Texas - Congressman Kevin Brady toured Temple Inland's Orange linerboard mill Thursday.  Brady met the mill management staff and commended Temple Inland and More...

Congressman Brady Hosts Veterans Rally
1/9/2006: Conroe, Texas - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) will host a Veterans Rally with local elected officials and representatives from each of the More...

FEMA Awards $1.05 Million Grant for Lake Conroe Dam Repairs
1/3/2006: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded a $1.05 million public More...


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